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Volume 1, Number 25: March 30 - April 6, 1972

  • Apr 6, 1972
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Updated: May 15

This issue of Harrisburg Independent Press from March 30 - April 6, 1972, had 16 pages, filled with independent local, regional, and national news. Six months for $5, one year for $8. Download the .pdf at the bottom of the page.


Screenshot of Volume 1, Number 25 of the Harrisburg Independent Press from March 30, 1972

Article Index


'Harrisburg Seven' Trial Moves Toward Verdict, Supporters Stage Weeek-Long Demonstrations

page 1, page 5

keywords: Judge R. Dixon Herman; Fr. Philip Berrigan; Sr. Elizabeth McAlister; Boyd Douglas; William Connelley; J. Thomas Menaker; Paul O'Dwyer; FBI informant; Delmar Mayfield; Leonard Boudin; Ramsey Clark; William Lynch; Henry Kissinger



15,000 To March Here

by Edward Zuckerman

page 1, page 3

keywords: Holy Week; "Life Against Death"; federal building; William Lynch; Harrisburg 7; New Cumberland Army Depot; demonstration; United Committee To Free Angels Davis; People's Coalition For Peace and Justice; Daniel Ellsburg; Fr. Daniel Berrigan; William Kuntzler; Beulah Sanders; Tony Scoblick; Mary Scoblick; Fr. James LaCroce; 'Pilgramige for Peace and Freedom'


Reporters View Muncy 'Campus', Prison Atmosphere Hasn't Changed

by M. Kessler

page 1, page 9

keywords: Correctional Institution for Women; Superintendent James P. Murphy; solitary confinement; homosexuality; conjugal visits; furloughs; Honors Cottage; rehabilitation


FBI Investigates York Bomb Sabotage

by Edward Zuckerman

page 1, page 5

keywords: bomb casings; American Machine and Foundry Co.; Indochina; "Citiens' Commission To De-militarize Industry; war industries


"Seven" Trial: Is No Defense the Best Defense?

by Edward Zuckerman

page 4

keywords: Ramsey Clark; William Lynch; J. Thomas Menaker; J. Edgar Hoover; Harrisburg Defense Committee; Fr. Philip Berrigan; Sr. Elizabeth McAlister; Eqbal Ahmad


Ahmad Acquitted on Two Counts: Still Charged With Conspiracy

page 4

keywords: Judge R. Dixon Herman; Eqbal Ahmad; Henry Kissinger; draft boards; conspiracy; kidnapping; Ramsey Clark; Boyd Douglas; Fr. Philip Berrigan; President Nixon; Vietnam War


Holy Week: A New Harrisburg

by Stuart Frolick

page 6

keywords: Medical Clinic; anti-war activity; rally; march; Koinonia Farm; day care; Dr. Otis Layne; Cathy Fox; Jim White; Barbara Pepper; legal aid; fred Speaker; court watchers; housing; communal supper


Courtwatchers Wait

page 6

keywords: Federal Building; Maryland Newhouse; Mike Boover; Wynn Richards; Steve Renssalaer


'Die-in' at Lemoyne Board Provokes Mixed Reaction

page 7

keywords: guerilla theater; women; draft board; Cookie Cirillo; Vietnam


Seminarians Ring Court: 200 Arrested

by Pat Read

page 7

keywords: Federal Building; National Union of Theological Students and Seminarians; demonstration; Vietnam; Harrisburg 7; Quaker New Life Center; guerilla theater; Harrisburg Police; Paul King


Sabotage Workshop Led by Glick

page 7

keywords: "Sabotage and Property Destruction"; draft board raid; bombs; air war; non-violence


Mangione: Jazz at the Philharmonic

by Dick Sassaman

page 8

keywords: Chuck Mangione; Jazz Brothers; Eastman School of Music; Rochester Philharmonic; Together; trumpet; flugelhorn; "Firewatchers"; Gerry Niewood; Esther Satterfield; Stanley Watson; "Lullaby"; "Feelin"; "Look To the Children"; "Hill Where the Lord Hides"; Dave Brubeck


Child Abuse Hits Hard, Rarely Reported in Area

by Connie Dellmuth

page 1, page 8

keywords: Protective Service Unit; Jim Hetrick; abuse; Dauphin County; doctors; emotional stress; criminal offense; law enforcement


Central YMCA

page 8

keywords: marionettes; Junior League of Harrisburg; elementary children; Tri-County Council on Addictive Diseases


Cumberland Students Suspended for Protests

page 9

keywords: Cumberland (Valley) High School; William Pierce; sit-in; detention; smoking area; James Heckler; Lori Clark; school board; Shalamar Carruthurs


Movie Review

by Charles Leayman

page 10, page 13

keywords: "The Godfather"; Mario Puzo; Francis Ford Coppola; Marlon Brando; Don Vito Corleone; James Caan; Robert Duvall; Richard Castellano; Richard Conte; Al Pacino; violence; "Dementia 13"; corruption


Rolling Stones Jam Stackridge Debuts

by Ross Care

page 10, page 13

keywords: "Jamming With Edward"; Mick Jagger; Bill Wyman; Glyn Johns; Marshall Chess; Nicky 'Woof Woof' Hopkins; Ry Cooder; Mario Lanza; "Stackridge"; acoustic folk; England; "Percy the Penguin"; "Dora the Female Explorer"; Andrew Davies; Billy Bent; Mike Evans; Mutter Slater; James Warren


Food For Living

by Jane and Tom Plastino

page 10

keywords: lamb tajine; Moroccan; rice


Coal Company Profits Not Used To Control Dangerous Slag Heaps

page 11

keywords: Pittston Company; coal mine; West Virginia; Brinks Armored Car Company; bituminous coal; Senator Thurston Morton; Rogers C.B. Morton; Nicholas T. Camica; Penn Virginia


Washington Merry-Go-Round

by Jack Anderson/United Feature Syndicate

page 1, page 11

keywords: ITT; air force; Harold Geneen; Salvador Allende; Chile; cosmetics; food products; auto parts; CIA; Nixon Administration; Ronald Reagan; Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Lockheed; Peter Flanigan; lobbyist


NATO Aids Portugese Suppression of African Colonies

by David Shen/LNS

page 12, page 13

keywords: Portugal; Angola; Guinea-Bassau; Mozambique; national liberation; United Nations; France; Britain; Belgium; United States; arms shipments; counter-guerilla warfare; Military Assistance Advisory Group; Gulf Oil; coffee; cotton; French President Pompidou; colonialism


Area Residents Attend Children's March in D.C.

by E. Saum

page 12

keywords: Family Assistance Plan; Ralph Abernathy; Coretta Scott King; Rev. Jesse Jackson; George Wiley; Bella Abzug; Eugene McCarthy; Shirley McClaine; Gloria Steinem; demonstrators; District of Columbia School Board; "Children Yes, Bombs No"


Group Challenges Pa. Election Laws

page 12

keywords: Committee for Democratic Election Laws; Pennsylvania Election Code; Leonard Boudin; Ron Reosti; nominating petitions; prisoner voting; Spanish language ballots; independent candidates; Musmanno Act; Communist Party; unconstitutional; Socialist Labor Party; Consumers' Party


Companies Promote Automated War

page 14

keywords: Indochina War; American industry; Honeywell Project; General Electric Project; NARMIC; anti-personnel weapons; demonstrations; American Friends Service Committee; war production


Hiss Recalls Past Repression

by Jane Snurr

page 14

keywords: Red Scare; U.S. China policy; House Un-American Activities Committee; Eqbal Ahmad; William Hinton; Vietnamization; "winning hearts and minds"; cultural genocide; Indochina


Scott, Schweiker Nix Amnesty; 'No Comment' from Shapp, Muskie

by Chris Davis and Margo Conk

page 15

keywords: Pennsylvania Selective Service Director Robert Ford; Richard Schweiker; Hugh Scott; Governor Shapp; Edmund Muskie; Senator Robert Taft; alternative service; desertion


Matrix

by R.C. Filburn

page 15

keywords: Vietnam Veterans Against the War; rally; lobbying; restrooms; Capitol Police; Property and Supplies Secretary Frank Hilton; salute; riot control; vigil; Dauphin County Prison; Representative Patrick A. Gleason


Movies

page 16

keywords: Barrier; Pocket Money; The Hot Rock; The Godfather; The Ten Commandments; The Carey Treatment; The Hospital; Dirty Harry; Song of the South


Photos

by John Serbell and Stuart Frolick

page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6, page 7


by O'Connor

page 7


by Mt. Eagle

page 11


by FRELIMO

page 12


Artwork

by Bill Potter/Solidarity Art Workshop

page 14

keywords: solkscreen poster


by Gene Suchma

page 15

keyword: amnesty








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